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William Wildman Campbell

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Preceded by
  
John S. Snook

Role
  
U.S. representative

Party
  
Republican Party


Political party
  
Republican

Succeeded by
  
Timothy T. Ansberry

Name
  
William Campbell

Resigned
  
March 3, 1907

William Wildman Campbell

Born
  
April 2, 1853 Rochester, Vermont (
1853-04-02
)

Alma mater
  
Goddard Seminary Tufts College

Died
  
August 13, 1927, Napoleon, Ohio, United States

Education
  
Goddard College, Tufts University

Resting place
  
Forest Hill Cemetery

William Wildman Campbell (April 2, 1853 – August 13, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Rochester, Vermont, Campbell attended the public schools, Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, and Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice at Napoleon, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney for Henry County from 1893 to 1896.

Campbell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress and for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Napoleon, Ohio. He served as member of the State constitutional convention of 1911 and 1912. He died in Napoleon, Ohio, August 13, 1927. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.

References

William Wildman Campbell Wikipedia